Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-28
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lAdI tDP c0lie9e aluInn8 mas C6dsSu W NC a
rara avis, that girl graduates are as numer-
Gus as roses, and that college edncAtion. so
Tar from uniting woman Tor social ne
enables her to absorbits good ana 10 REJECT
It's evil influence.
AN old church in Utica, N. Y. which is
soon to be torn dowu. belongs to society
which was organized by the Reformed Dutch
in 1923, and chartered as u congregation by
Nillism III. in 1926. The building was
erected in 1899, and during its erection riot
arose because the marble was cut by Sing
sing convicts.
THE British Trade Journal says that the
new steel steamships being constructed by
the John Elder & Co. firm for the North Ger
man Lloyd, arc to be of 5000 tons each, with
guaranteed maximum speed of twenty
knots an hour; and ''of course they are being
built IN order 10 race the Cunard mail steam
ers of the ocean," ..
NATHANIEL HUCKHR, who works the State
Associated Press wire in the Office of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, is the oldest
telegraph operator in actual service in the
country. He has been at the key for forty
one years. Six words minute was the limit
In those days, and an operator receiving by
sound was discharged.
FIRM of contractors of Port Chester, N.
y, have been requested by telegraph to pro-
coed to Russia for the purpose of entering in
to contract with the Russian government
to cut a tunnel 10000 feet long under spur
OF the Ural Mountains at an elevation of 2zoO
feet above the Caspian Sea, and construct
railroad through The same.
THE Chicago Inter Ocean states that num-
Der of gentlemen, business men and others,
in that city have signifed their desire to con-
tribut- to the funds of the Havne Circle, of
Augusta, Ca. to be used IN erecting monu-
ment Co Pau III. Hayne. the poet A cOntri-
button fund has been started. and Mr.. ChaS
- NJ n iAar ,Nls.a frza has nnfrf
NINE. FOIL has published a novel entitled
"Monte Carlo" This lady has spent many
weeks at the celebrated gambling spot OBJ
serving life there, and her 'lord and MASTER"
who, by the way, 10 an Irish American named
Foley, two years ago lost there S.. 900 at one
sitting. He promised his wife he would never
gamble again if she would forgive him. She
iorgave him, and he has never since gambled.
YOUNG APPRENTICE in Taunton, Mass.
lost sj5 out OF b s trunk at his clearinghouse
Saturday. and sought the aid of clalrvoy-
ant, and she told him how much money he
had lost and gave a good description OF the
thlef. The description Tailed with that OF e
iellow-boarder. and he was given twenty -four
hours IN which TO return the money. He
plead ignorance of the whole affair, but the
money was returned within two hours.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY is reported to have re-
celved very handsome offer to join the staff
he would probably accept were his health
more robust. 1t is remarkable how much
talent the great newspapers are absorbing
nowadays. leading book publisher in New
YORK has lately complained that the daily
press has succeeded in cOaXing away about
All his most promising writers, and he is at
loss 10 know where 1t is going TO stop.
THE first train of passenger cars entirely
lighted by electricity reached New York
Wednesday last over the Boston and Albany
railroad. The battery is carried under the
floor of the car, outside, and furnishes cleo
trlclty enough to keep twenty lights
burning brightly for Ten hours. The battery,
when exhausted. can he taken of and new
one put In It's place in two minutes. Each
light can be separately lighted and extin-
guLshed, and all can he eXnnguished and
lighted at once. There are twenty lights
within the cars and Two on each platform.
ONE of the Boston ministers tells story of
Phillips Brooks which is quite too Brooksy
not to be true. The minister had occasion to
look up very poor family, and climbed up
four fights of stairs in a noisome tenement
house ON his errand. His tap At the or was
answered by Phillips Brooks with baby in
HE arms. Inquiry revealed the TACT that the
woman had been very sick and sorelv needed
fre-h air. but had no one with whom to leave
her little baby. Phillips Brooks found her
out, gave her tickets for horse car ride and
was staying tending the baby while she en-
Joyed II,
THE apprehensons of war have afforded
three English officers Of the Salvation Army
in Paris an opportunity which they avaled
Themselves of in their own manner. One
afternoon recently three men dressed in the
uniform by this time familiar To verybody
were walking along the Rue de Rivoli carry
ing big piacards on which were written
war ls declared. An Indignant crowd
gathered around them, tore up ne pIacards
ard would have ili-tTeaUed the officers but for
the timely arrival of policemen, who dis.
perse the mob and marched these Salvation
lists of to the station.
DR.. RIEGLER, Of Pesth, has just made very
curious experiment in photography, and one
that to ma people will appear almost incred.
ibie. He has photographed a bullet after it
had been fired from a rifle, and while it was
proceeding with velocity Of 44o Metres
rather more than quarter of a mile-a sec
ond, Werndl infantry rifle was the weap-
on selected for the purpose of conducting the
experiment, which was in every way success
tul, perfect reproduction of the bullet being
the result. A horse at full galiop, swallow
IN It's Hight. and even fash of lightning have
succumbed to the photographers art but his
last triumph Is still more marvellous.
A NEW YORK DOCTOR told story the other
day that will bear repetition, not from the
moral to be drawn, but as illustrating the
habits Of some people. He was treating a
little boy for paralysis, who lived short dis
dance in the country. In his visits to the
doctor the hoy was accompanied by younr
man - or % years old, the picture of health
~ want you 10 give this boy bath every
day. SAID the doctor to the Young man. land
then rub him down with coarse towels until
his flesh is all aglow, and mind and follow
my directions explicitly" "a bath every
dayW exclaimed the young man; "whv, doe
Tor. haven't taken bath all over in IL wears
and have never been sick a uay in my lile.V
AN inventor took bomb into the Patent
Office at Washington the other day and de-
posted it on one of the tables with the re-
mark that it would explode as soon as IL wa
placed in water. AS soon as he left one of
the clerks concluded to experiment and pro-
cured pail of water Tor the purpose, No
sooner WAS the bomb ducked than it ex-
ploded with terrific effect, blowing the nail
over every foot of space in the room. After
the occupants had wiped the water from their
faces and shook their clothing little reso-
luton was adopted by them never again to be
curious about strange inventions. The re-
port made by the explosion was SO loud that
II could be heard in almost every part of the
building.
THE appearance in literature OF Gen. John
e. Fremont, the Pathfinder :" recalls an in
cident relating to Mrs. Jessie Benton FIRE.
mont and characteristic interview which
she had with President Lincoln. 1t occurred
early in the war when Gen. Fremont had
command II large force in Missouri, and an |
effort was made to place Gen. Frank Blair IN |
m I'M FNnO WNs nf hQlN ..N elasN.